284. PUBLIC ENEMY, "Fight The Power"
Produced by Carl Ryder, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Hank Shocklee, and Keith Shocklee; written by Chuck D, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Hank Shocklee, and Keith Shocklee
1990 Did not make pop charts
Speaking of Spike, here's a song he's triply responsible for: he commissioned it for Do the Right Thing and then set images to it not once but twice: first in the Rosie-Perez-as-boxer opening titles for the film, and then in the Brooklyn booster parade of the song's official video.
This track is more on the nose than most PE cuts, maybe even more univalent than Lee's film eventually turns out to be. It also has far fewer lyrics than most of the group's well-known songs. The only upside of less Chuck D and more Terminator X is that for long stretches of the song you can just dance and not worry about missing any good lyrics (although to make sure you get the Elvis dis, Chuck repeats it).
P.S.: Yes, I know Goldman probably didn't actually say that thing about dance and the revolution, but she sort of did. And besides . . . it's my blog :)
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